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US 8,986,081 B2Granted
Device and method for processing carcasses of livestock
AssigneeHumboldt B.V.
InventorsArno Hermanus Maria Ueffing, Niels Antonio William Koster
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a device for processing carcasses of livestock such as cattle, pigs and sheep, comprising: at least two dressing tools for performing a dressing process on livestock carcasses, and a robot arm carrying the dressing tool. The invention also relates to a method for processing carcasses of livestock using such a device.
Claims21
A device for processing carcasses of livestock, comprising:
- a dressing tool for performing a process on livestock carcasses, and
- a robot arm carrying the dressing tool,
- wherein the device also comprises at least a second similar dressing tool, which first and second dressing tools are carried by a single robot arm;
- wherein the dressing tools are displaceably carried by the robot arm to perform successive dressing processes;
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- wherein the dressing tools are displaceable relative to each other between at least a position for cleaning a dressing tool and an operating position in which a dressing tool can perform a dressing process on a carcass.
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A method for processing carcasses of livestock, comprising the processing steps of:
- A) performing a dressing process on at least one livestock carcass using a dressing tool operated by a robot arm, and
- B) performing a second process using a second dressing tool carried by the same robot arm;
- wherein the dressing tools are displaced relative to each other between at least a position for cleaning the dressing tool and an operating position in which the dressing tool can perform a dressing process on the livestock carcass.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.